[TheForge] Re: Photographing your work

[Phlip]

Ene bichizh ogsen baina shuu...

> Phlip ... have you seen the ridiculously low prices on decent digital
> cameras these days?  Several years ago I bought my Kodak DC120 mega-pixel
> at a 'steal' of around $400.  Yesterday I was in K-mart and Wal-Mart and
> took a quick look at their digital cameras ... multi-mega-pixel, 2 or 3 or
> more optical zoom plus digital zoom, etc.... and in the neighborhood of
> $140-$175.  If all you want a digital camera for is to upload to your
> computer or to the internet, then you don't even need to go up to the
> mega-pixel size.

Yeah, I know, but at the moment, even $20-$30 is a strain on my finances ;-)
Things are improving, but I'm basicly being supported by some friends as I
work to take over my own expenses, and restart my life- Hey, Life Happens
;-)

However, I'd be very interested in hearing from you guys, about the utility
of various cameras and imaging systems. I've been accomplishing quite a bit
lately- my travelling forge set-up, some of my smithing work, some of my
student's work- and I'd like to share it, but at the moment, as I had
mentioned, I lack the capacity.

So, I'll ask_

What's YOUR choice of camera- function vs cost?

Do you have a computer program that coordinates with your camera, to give
you the best possible images? If so, what is it?

Are there any tricks of lighting and arrangement that give you the best
possible images to display your work? If so, what are they?


Phlip

 If it walks like a duck, and quacks like a duck, it is probably not a
cat.

Never a horse that cain't be rode,
And never a rider who cain't be throwed....